UAE: Abu Dhabi to host Great Audit Minds conference

UAE: Abu Dhabi to host Great Audit Minds conference

It will be the first time that the event will be held outside the US

Published: Tue 15 Aug 2023, 5:04 PM

For the first time, the Great Audit Minds (GAM) conference will be held outside the US, with Abu Dhabi hosting the premier event for internal audit leaders this November, top officials announced.

Abdulqader Obaid Ali, Chairman of the Board of the UAE Internal Auditors Association (IAA), noted that the UAE Capital will be hosting the first regional GAM Conference from November 6 to 8 at Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island.

“We are about to create history in the UAE. We are honoured to be bringing the first-ever GAM here. This conference has been running in the US for the last 44 years. And the thought of taking it outside the US was a one-year-long process,” Ali told reporters during a press conference.

In the ‘Year of Sustainability’ and hosting of COP28, the GAM Conference will stress the importance of making united efforts towards reaching the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

“This is a stepping stone in terms of governance for sustainability. The conference has been themed: ‘Igniting Thinking of Sustainability. It is a responsibility for all of us,”